(420 ILCS 37/5)
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-569 )
Sec. 5. Legislative findings.
(a) The General Assembly finds:
(1) that a considerable volume of wastes are produced |
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(2) that these wastes pose a significant risk to the
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| public health, safety and welfare of the people of Illinois; and
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(3) that it is the obligation of the State of
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| Illinois to its citizens to provide for the safe management of the wastes produced within its borders.
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(b) It is the intent of this Act to authorize the Illinois Emergency Management Agency to establish, by regulation, a tracking system for the regulation of the
use of facilities licensed under Section 8 of the Illinois Low-Level
Radioactive Waste Management Act.
(Source: P.A. 95-777, eff. 8-4-08.)
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-569 )
Sec. 5. Legislative findings.
(a) The General Assembly finds:
(1) that a considerable volume of wastes are produced
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| in this State with even greater volumes to be produced in the future;
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(2) that these wastes pose a significant risk to the
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| public health, safety and welfare of the people of Illinois; and
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(3) that it is the obligation of the State of
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| Illinois to its citizens to provide for the safe management of the wastes produced within its borders.
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(b) It is the intent of this Act to authorize the Agency to establish, by regulation, a tracking system for the regulation of the use of facilities licensed under Section 8 of the Illinois Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Act.
(Source: P.A. 103-569, eff. 6-1-24.)
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